Rebels in the Making

Noir and Luna were young and naïve. Still learning the ropes of the world, as their mother Nightingale had not gotten to doing quite yet. The queen was having most of the dinosaurs within the area, go plant for Atlantis. However, these two Cryos wanted to be silly and well, dumb by destroying the hard work in which others had completed.

Noir knew something was not right in doing something against the queen. Perhaps it was something of a trait from her mother. She followed Luna, either way. They were merely inseparable, which could be dangerous or pose danger to themselves.

Once Luna was ready to go with Noir, they wobbled their way up to an unknown land. The air changed. It was not as thick and heavy as before. It was essentially filtered air to them. Although, being youngsters, they did not really know what those words meant. They could just feel it was better.

Looking around, the pair noticed many groups planting or doing other tasks that were ordered by the queen to grow new things. What kind of things though?

Luna and Noir did not want to wait around and find out. At this rate, it may not be noticeable until they are much older, to know if it would affect them or not. By then who knows what their world was going to look like. Since Nightingale still wanted to show them things that she knew. And their other parent, Fawn, would have a chance to have some input on their life as well.

After some time of gazing around, Luna with her pasty yellow eyes and Noir with her dark red eyes. They both decided to find an area where there were fewer dinosaurs and more room for them to try and figure out a way to interfere with the plants.

They noticed an area, kind of in the middle of all the dinosaurs but to the far right. It was near some large ferns and trees that had already been dwelling on this territory.

The pair made their way to the open space. Cautiously as young ones could be.

Looking around, they noticed some of the dirt and plants had already been ripped up. How… odd.

“Hey! I’m working on this area!,” a voice exclaimed from the distance.

Luna and Noir, nearly jumped at the same time. Trying to figure out where the voice was from.

It was an oviraptor. Wisteria.

The two Cryos were not threatened by such a small dinosaur compared to them. They both looked at each other, not threated before either would speak.

“What do you mean?” Luna questioned, tilting her head to the side curiously looking down at the Roan Ovi.

“Yeah, what do you mean? You did this?” Noir spoke almost immediately after Luna’s slipped out of her mouth. Adding in the acquisition of the destruction to the plants toward the Ovi.

“Well.. uh, yeah!” Wisteria giggled softly as her head bobbed excitedly followed by her arms flapping around. “I did it with someone else! Are you here to ruin the work too?” Her tone changed rather quickly as her voice softened to almost a whisper.

Wisteria questioned the two Cryos. Perhaps they could help her clean up the left-over plants and vines sticking from the grounds since her and her “friend” Lotus had done pecking.

Luna stayed silent. Taking in the words from the small one as she had no way of disputing anything. All she knew was to help the queen. Perhaps cleaning up the area was just that.

“I believe so. Are you… just cleaning up or what?” Noir questioned, curiously.

Little did the two Cryos know, Wisteria and her friend had destroyed the planting that others already did. They were young and naïve remember, they thought they were help the greater good.

“Mm.. basically, yeah,…” Wisteria paused slightly before her response trickled from her beak. Bobbing her head with a slight nod, she added, “I was taking a break to come back up here and work some more. I’ll stay out of your way though. I don’t want you to harm me.”

Luna and Noir, looked at Wisteria then to one another. Basically giving each other an innocent shrug, they decided to find a spot with the most greenery and began to grab it up.

Wisteria, on the other hand, had started to peck aggressively at the dirt. Pulling up seeds, vines, and even bugs. Occasionally, Wisteria would swallow the bug whole and not even taste it.

Luna and Noir did not question the Ovi. The only posing question came from Luna as she paused briefly. The pile of seeds and plants were tossed to the side while Noir continued to work on the opposing side of Luna.

“What’s your name lil’ one?”

Wisteria was so hyperfocused on pecking. She did not hear anything, at first then noticed how the shadow of the Cryo hovered near her direction. Pausing, too, she then perked up and spoke, “oh uh, Wisteria. But uh, you can call me Wis!” Her beak was full of dirt, again, she giggled after the words escaped her beak. Licking around it, she tried to do it but could not. That earthy taste was so bitter to her. She stopped herself then went back to pecking the grounds. Waiting for the others to say something in return.

“I’m Luna, and that’s my sister Noir,” Luna spoke calmly, while working on taking bits out of the dirt. Her head shifted as she introduced her sister. They did not really look like siblings but if they stood by other siblings or even their mothers, they would be noted to be relatives in some way.

“Hmm, nice to meet you, considering,” Wisteria lifted her head from the ground again as she spoke. Shaking her head, she tried to have the dirt fly off her dang beak. The earth was just so dry it stuck to her beak. It kind of irritated her but she did not want the Cryos to notice she was irritated for that reason and not something by them.

“So are we really helping the queen?” Noir questioned. Her instincts felt that something was off and wrong about this entire situation. Perhaps it was just something Nightingale had given to her, genetically that worrying about certain things had been a normal thing.

“Yes,” Wisteria lied. A little giggle wanted to creep out of her beak but instead, stayed in her head. She was a bit of a rebel and wanted to allow these two Cryos to have some experience with the rebellion.

Luna believed her and continued to work on cleaning up the area. While Noir wanted to pose more questions. Her instincts were itching in a way that she had not really felt before. But, she also did not want to end up in some sort of brawl with this small Ovi.

“I wouldn’t question things ordered by the queen,” Wisteria stated with confidence. Even though she knew she was telling a tale.

“Oh, be quiet,” Luna barked to Noir with a low growl. She knew her sister was trying to do something and did not want anything to occur.

Noir felt a little defeated and embarrassed as she could only state one word, “Fine.”

Wisteria could tell Noir held some suspicion but did not want to intrude in sibling rivalry with Luna. She continued to work on pecking the grounds while the Cryos did the handy work.